Special Thanks to Elodie for Five Months of Service to AP; Thank You to Volunteer Maxime; And Welcome Back to Previous Volunteer Emma!

Left:  Intern Elodie with Bopha.  Right: Maxime

explains basic concepts of the French language

to AP residents. 

Aziza’s Place sends a special thanks to volunteer Elodie Douillard-Potet from France who became a big part of the Aziza’s Place family during her recent five-month residency. Her university studies (at Université De Franche-Comté in France) focusing on Project Management were put into practice as she guided the children in various projects during the months she spent as an Intern at AP. Elodie was perceptive in identifying areas where the children could expand their knowledge, and connected with other organizations and individuals to implement various workshops and learning opportunities for the children and AP staff. She organized a successful first-aid workshop, a hip-hop dance class and photography workshops for the children and guided a number of other projects with the children. Elodie also became a good friend to the AP House Moms as she taught English and started Computer classes with them. Elodie was always dedicated and hard-working – we already miss her smile around Aziza’s Place. We’re very happy to hear she will be back in Cambodia in 2012 to work in an orphanage (where she volunteered in 2010) on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, and look forward to her visits. Thank you Elodie!

Maxime Rovere came to Aziza's Place in August, timing his trip with Amjad's (AP Co-Founder) third trip to AP for the year. Previously working with Amjad, Maxime had heard a lot about life at Aziza's Place and was inspired to contribute his time to volunteer with the children at AP. Maxime is from France and was able to teach French language lessons to five enthusiastic residents. He also taught English and Computer classes with the AP House-Moms while enjoying volleyball and football games with the children during his free time. The children and staff enjoyed Maxime's energy and the older boys especially loved having some competitive spirit added to the volleyball court! We wish Maxime all the best with continuing his studies of Finance in France.

We were also excited to see the return of volunteer Emma Horsfall during her visit to Cambodia for 10 days in August. Her previous students Ream, Sreynak and Lina were especially delighted to see her again. Emma volunteered at Aziza's Place in 2010 but has kept in touch. It was lovely to see her again and for the youngest residents to show off their much improved English abilities since her time at AP just under one year ago. Thank you Emma, and all the best with your return to the UK.